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Mephitis (genus)

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Mephitis
Hooded skunk (M. macroura) and striped skunk (M. mephitis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mephitidae
Genus: Mephitis
É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & G. Cuvier, 1795
Type species
Viverra mephitis
Schreber, 1776
Species

Mephitis mephitis
Mephitis macroura

Mephitis ranges

Mephitis is one of several genera of skunks and comprises two species, both of which are found in North America.

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
Mephitis mephitis Striped skunk Southern Canada, the United States and northern Mexico
Mephitis macroura Hooded skunk Southwestern United States to Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northwest Costa Rica